bucket seat

American  

noun

1. an individual seat with a rounded or contoured back, as in some automobiles and airplanes, often made to fold forward.

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bucket seat British  

noun

1. a seat in a car, aircraft, etc, having curved sides that partially enclose and support the body

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Etymology

Origin of bucket seat

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

In a film called “Motorcycle,” the viewer, ensconced in a vibrating bucket seat, stuck his or her head into a box, where footage simulating zooming through Brooklyn unspooled.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

Bones no longer has to practice his crooning from a bucket seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2019

The Cyclone has a small bucket seat, close to the ground, and two big wheels on either side the size of large pizza pans.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2018

I’m sitting in the left-hand bucket seat, a yoke in front of me and one arm dangling out of the open side window.

From The Verge • Nov. 11, 2015

Ralph slipped through the window into a bucket seat, made sure his tail was safely inside, grasped the wheel, took a deep breath, and went pb-pb-b-b.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary